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We performed a comparison between Splunk APM and Splunk Enterprise Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Splunk APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security Report (Updated: May 2023).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box.""Detectors are a powerful feature.""The solution is stable and reliable.""The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more.""Splunk's dashboards are great.""I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data.""It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards.""The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."

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"It's extremely scalable. It's a very robust solution and certainly has the capability of handling far bigger data requirements than a lot of the other tools. Generally what ends up happening with me is that my clients tend, for the most part, to be mid-tier organizations where the cost of that solutions would be accompanying requirements for people just becomes way too prohibitive. Especially considering the model that they use for costing, which is based on the volume of data. Of course, they're going to put everything including the Coke machine as the ability to collect data off of it, because of course the more they can put through the tool the more money they make.""Speeds up root cause analysis and can help identify issues that your organization never realized were occurring.""The graph visualization is the most valuable feature.""Visualizations helped the organisation with a better understanding of its KPIs.""It has reduced the time to resolution, time to investigate, and time to troubleshoot for debugging issues.""What I really like is that even if you have already collected the data, you can extract fields and can build searches.""Three features stand out for me: the SDK for writing Python, the customizable and adaptable diagnostic dashboard, and the optimizer for collecting data.""Great platform with user-friendly interface and GUI."

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Cons
"It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays.""The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved.""The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future.""They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved.""There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics.""Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand.""I've been using the Splunk query language, and it can be a bit time-consuming to set up the queries I need.""The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."

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"​Not even Splunk's support guy, who came to our firm, could help with defining proper role management.​""Cybersecurity and infrastructure monitoring have room for improvement.""This is not really a monitoring solution.""The GUI can be improved to include some of the capabilities that other BI solutions have.""If you monitor too much, you can lose performance on your systems.""The product was difficult to back up the first time.""From the commercial point of view, they have to bring down their costs.""The price has room for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of Slunk APM is less than some of its competitors."
  • "The pricing is reasonable."
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  • "Pricing and licensing is quite expensive. But for the value the product provides, it seems at par in the market."
  • "Although Splunk is an expensive product, it is designed to be utilized across your organization in order to maximize your ROI and lower your TCO."
  • "It is not cheap."
  • "Splunk Enterprise becomes extremely expensive after the 20GB/month license."
  • "You will eat up whatever you purchase quickly. The level of insights that Splunk empowers is addictive."
  • "Splunk licensing model might seem expensive but with all the gain in functionalities you will have compared to traditional SIEM solutions I think it’s worth the price."
  • "Pricing is pretty fair."
  • "While licensing can be a concern, there are ways to reduce the licensing costs including filtering some events."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance.
    Top Answer:Enhancing system availability and optimizing service performance are crucial. It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of… more »
    Top Answer:I use it for monitoring and troubleshooting the performance of cloud-native applications.
    Top Answer:For tools I’d recommend:  -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also,… more »
    Top Answer:It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log… more »
    Top Answer:Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we… more »
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    Overview

    Splunk APM is a comprehensive application performance monitoring solution that provides real-time insights into the performance and availability of your applications. 

    It offers end-to-end visibility across the entire application stack, from the front-end user experience to the back-end infrastructure. With Splunk APM, you can proactively identify and resolve performance issues, optimize application performance, and ensure a seamless user experience. 

    Splunk APM leverages machine learning and AI-powered analytics to automatically detect anomalies and provide actionable insights. The product supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it suitable for both monolithic and microservices-based architectures. It also integrates seamlessly with other Splunk products, allowing you to correlate APM data with logs, metrics, and other operational data for a holistic view of your application environment. 

    With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Splunk APM empowers developers, operations teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-performing applications and drive better business outcomes.

    Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM, log management, and IT operations analytics tool. The solution provides users with the ability to secure their information and manage their data in the cloud, data centers, or other applications. Splunk Enterprise Security also offers visibility from different areas, levels, and devices, rather than from a single system, thus, providing its users with flexibility. Splunk Enterprise Security can monitor data and analyze, detect, and prevent intrusions. This benefits users as it provides alerts to possible intrusions, helps users to be proactive, and reduces risk factors. 

    Full visibility across your environment

    Break down data silos and gain actionable intelligence by ingesting data from multicloud and on-premises deployments. Get full visibility to quickly detect malicious threats in your environment.

    Fast threat detection

    Defend against threats with advanced security analytics, machine learning and threat intelligence that focus detection and provide high-fidelity alerts to shorten triage times and raise true positive rates.

    Efficient investigations

    Gather all the context you need and initiate flexible investigations with security analytics at your fingertips. The built-in open and extensible data platform boosts productivity and drives down fatigue.

    Open and scalable

    Built on an open and scalable data platform, you can stay agile in the face of evolving threats and business needs. Splunk meets you where you are on your cloud journey, and integrates across your data, tools and content.

    Sample Customers
    Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
    Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Pharma/Biotech Company11%
    Educational Organization11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer10%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government10%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise93%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Splunk APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security
    May 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security and other solutions. Updated: May 2023.
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    Splunk APM is ranked 27th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 11 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Security is ranked 2nd in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 221 reviews. Splunk APM is rated 8.0, while Splunk Enterprise Security is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Enables us to directly search for a metric and straightaway create alert charts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Security writes "It has a drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to know SQL or Java to construct a query ". Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Grafana and Datadog, whereas Splunk Enterprise Security is most compared with Wazuh, Dynatrace, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Splunk APM vs. Splunk Enterprise Security report.

    We monitor all Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.